2.1% ▼ -77.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northdown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Northdown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for people working in Northdown, where 13.8% of the workforce is employed in these roles. The area has a strong employment record, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, at 63.5%. However, full-time employment is much lower than the national figure, with 49.3% of residents in full-time roles.
63.5% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.3% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, retail trade (13.0%) and construction (11.6%) are the main industries. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training each employ 10.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 17.4%, followed by labourers at 15.2% and sales workers at 14.5%. Professionals and machinery operators also make up a significant share of the local workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Northdown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60463/northdown/topic/employment